I wonder what happens in this scenario. Dr. Fauci wrote to me off-the-record, stating he does not know what would happen. I have no reason to doubt him, so I bring the question to you.
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Imagine a point in time, such as early 2021, when clearing data on exit is not supported on Brave for ANDROID.
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Android and macOS running Brave Nightly and both on a sync chain, with no other devices, with sync data preferences set to sync everything, including settings. Clearing data on exit is enabled on macOS for
… Cookies and other site data
… Cached images and files
Clearing data on exit is NOT enabled on macOS for
… passwords
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In this scenario, what would happen to passwords saved in Brave Nightly?
PARTIAL ANSWER: My sources indicate this exact scenario was in effect for devices under my exclusive control, for the first few months of 2021. Data captured during that time frame shows that data was cleared-on-exit as expected on Brave Nightly macOS (i.e., cookies and cached files, passwords untouched).
Unfortunately, data captured from Android during the same time frame was donated to COVID, in hopes of stemming the retardation crippling global information flow - a silly gesture, because now data to see what Android Brave Nightly did during that time frame is unavailable at my location.(1) Bottom line: it appears but cannot be proven that Brave Nightly on ANDROID IGNORED THE SETTINGS affiliated with clear-data-on-exit, because Brave Nightly on Android was unable to clear-data-on-exit.
There is more…
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN if next,
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- By popular demand, Brave Nightly implements on ANDROID a new feature, to clear-data-on-exit in preliminary/prototype™ form?
For purposes of this inquiry, preliminary/prototype™ means clearing data on exit is added to Brave Nightly for Android as an all-or-nothing deal. Users can enable clearing data on Android Brave Nightly. but when they do, ALL site data is cleared, including passwords.
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QUESTIONS BASED ON THE SCENARIO ALTERCATED PER ABOVE
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COULD ADDING clear-data-on-exit TO BRAVE NIGHTLY ANDROID CHANGE?
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The effect of sync’ing settings?
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In the context of SYNC, could settings on macOS Brave Nightly possibly be interprotated by Android Brave Nightly as giving it a mandate to clear-data-on-exit the only way Android Brave Nightly knows how?
What would happen then?
Would Brave Nightly Android clear all data, including passwords, the next time it exited? If so,
The next time ANDROID Brave Nightly started, would sync then update other devices on the sync chain with the most recent password data? If so,
Would the most recent password data be the empty list of passwords on Android Brave Nightly?
Given all the ridiculous, unimaginable effects COVID has had on so many people and animals, could a nightmare scenario of lost passwords someday become a reality through this perverse form of updates and sync, before the coming era of Brave New World?
(1) The exact mechanics of data handling vis-a-vis Android Brave Nightly at my location was not precisely as described, but the net effect (i.e., uncertainty) is functionally equal. For instance, there is no actual record of donating data to Covid, but if such records did exist, or don’t exist, the result in the same either way and does not affect the scenario in a widespread way that would effect the overall result. It is just like 2020 election fraud, only the election was stolen and people who don’t see it are unable to recognize that the narrative they have been provided is distorted and constitutes proof of nothing except that commercial media is malicious.
(2) Text constituting this post was edited using non-browser-based technology, then placed into this post using copy/paste systems.